John Boorman's Nature Diary One Eye, One Finger

'As I step out of the conservatory facing North, supported by my pusher, the first that catches my eye is the dying Sycamore which escapes death every year by producing a healthy crop of leaves, but it looks so decrepit that surely it can't pull that trick yet again.'- John Boorman, 1 April, 2020 In his eighty-eighth year, John Boorman uses his time in lockdown to reflect on the splendour of the surrounding nature of County Wicklow. Coccooning with his daughter and son among the hills of Annamoe, Boorman chronicles his daily walks and observations of the trees on his estate, writing with heightened appreciation of the beauties of his eyrie using only one eye and one finger. Poetry flows from his pen as he sits chairbound among his trees and flora. Sycamores, limes, beech, oak, redwood, shrubs and flowers, birdsong and shifting skies are luminously recorded as the world falls silent. With illustrations by Susan Morley, this slim but meditative volume is a remarkable narrative by the creator of The Emerald Forest, Excalibur and Deliverance - a swansong like no other.

ISBN:	9781843518068
Publisher:	The Lilliput Press
Imprint:	The Lilliput Press
Published date:	01 Apr 2021
DEWEY:	508.092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	128
Weight:	200g
Height:	136mm
Width:	215mm
Spine width:	14mm

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